Bonner Fellers, apparently the main protagonist in the movie, is an interesting figure from WWII.

Gen'l Eisenhower despised him, from the time when they served together under MacArthur. Fellers was the US Military Attache in Egypt during Rommel's successful campaigns. The Germans had broken the code that Fellers was using to send dispatches back to the War Department. It was the main source of German intelligence about British intentions and operations in North Africa.

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Oddball: Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change? Moriarty: Crap!

Gregory Peck was a great MacArthur I will definitively see the movie; although I understand it will be full of Hollywood's "war epic" crap, just by looking at some of the scenes, they have taken the effort (and the $$$) to make a convincing 1945's Japan

Love stories can be great in such movies if they are placed into history. It is after all about the people back then. It is only problematic if history is wraped around a love story or the love story dominates that history movie. That is at least my opinion.

Love stories can be great in such movies if they are placed into history. It is after all about the people back then. It is only problematic if history is wraped around a love story or the love story dominates that history movie. That is at least my opinion.

romance in a war movie?

I only like romance if it is done like in "Rambo II": brief, little to no dialogue and the most important one: the girl needs to die rather quickly and violently, so that the "hero" can seek his revenge!

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury I only like romance if it is done like in "Rambo II": brief, little to no dialogue and the most important one: the girl needs to die rather quickly and violently, so that the "hero" can seek his revenge!

Yes, that's the ticket! It also helps if the female love interest is a real hottie too!

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury I only like romance if it is done like in "Rambo II": brief, little to no dialogue and the most important one: the girl needs to die rather quickly and violently, so that the "hero" can seek his revenge!

Yes, that's the ticket! It also helps if the female love interest is a real hottie too!

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Ugh - she kind of looks like Meryl Streep..ish.

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Saw the movie today; it is not in wide release, and given the subject matter and reviews I don't expect it ever will be. It was far from great and had many flaws (most annoying being the explanatory narration which filled about half of the first 20 minutes - doncha think someone who bought a ticket for this movie would already know that there were atomic bombs dropped on Japan?), but I think it's still worth seeing for someone that has an interest in the period and $12 burning a hole in their pocket. Mostly, it's a lot of talking about how bizarre and alien Japanese culture is and a story of a long-ago forbidden love with a little bit of politics and intrigue thrown in.

The biggest question the movie left me with was not Hirohito's level of war crime guilt, but how Dr. Shephard got off the island again... the casting decisions for the two main parts were a little odd, to say the least.